BILL BAILEY WON'T YOU PLEASE COME HOME?

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Song Title
BILL BAILEY WON'T YOU PLEASE COME HOME?
Writers
Morath, Cannon
Publisher
HOLLIS MUSIC, INC. (BMI)
% Publisher Controls
100%
Territory Controlled
WORLD
Themes/Keywords
1960's, Breakup, Home, Husband, Marriage, Return, Summer, Sun, Want
Lyrics
On one summer’s day,
Sun was shining fine,
The lady love of old Bill Bailey
Was hanging clothes on the line
In her backyard and weeping hard.
She married a B. and O. brakeman
Who went and threw her down,
Bellowing like a prune fed calf
With a big gang hanging ‘round;
And to that crowd she yelled out loud:

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Won’t you come home, Bill Bailey,
Won’t you come home?
She moans the whole day long.
I’ll do the cooking, baby,
I’ll pay the rent,
I know I’ve done you wrong.
‘Member that rainy evening,
I drove you out,
With nothing but a fine tooth comb?
I know I’m to blame,
Well, ain’t that a shame?
Bill Bailey, won’t you please come home?

Bill drove by the door
In an automobile,
A great big diamond, coach and footman,
Hear that big wench squeal,
“He’s all alone,” I heard her groan.
She hollered through the door,
“Bill Bailey, is you sore?
Stop a minute and listen to me,
Won’t I see you no more?”
Bill winked his eye
As he heard her cry:

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